Peta Todd, pictured with her children, says strangers on social media helped her to understand illness

It felt self-indulgent and strange but I am so glad I did it. I realised the power of the kindness of strangers as I was flooded with hundreds of messages of support from people with similar experiences.

I no longer felt alone.

Throughout my pregnancy with Frey, there had been complications. Within the first six months after he was born he was hospitalised twice and treated for sepsis.